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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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